Julie Fouquet
Julie Fouquet | |
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Born | Julie Elizabeth Fouquet March 23,1958 Palo Alto, California, US |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Stanford University (Ph.D) |
Spouse | George Andrew Zdasiuk |
Awards | Fellow of IEEE For contributions to optical switch and light-emitting device technologies. |
Julie Elizabeth Fouquet is an American applied physicist, engineer, laser scientist, and inventor known for her work in optical networking and wave power.
Education[edit]
Fouquet was born in Palo Alto, California.[1] She majored in physics at Harvard University (Radcliffe College), advised by Edward Mills Purcell.[2] At Harvard, she served as the undergraduate representative on the university's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, but resigned in 1978 in protest of its makeup and behavior.[3] She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1980,[2][4] and earned a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University in 1986,[2][5] with the dissertation Recombination Dynamics in Quantum Well Semiconductor Structures supervised by laser scientist Anthony E. Siegman.[6]
Career[edit]
She began working for HP Labs in 1985,[1] and later worked for the HP spin-off company Agilent Technologies.[2] There, she developed all-optical switches based on reflection of light from bubbles in a fluid, generated using the same technology used for inkjet printers.[2][7] In 2004, she was named a Fellow of the IEEE, "for contributions to optical switch and light-emitting device technologies".[8] Parts of Agilent spun off again into Avago Technologies in 2005, and Fouquet came to work for Avago as a senior principal research scientist.[5]
In 2015, she founded 3newable LLC, a company focused on developing renewable energy from ocean waves.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Authors", Hewlett-Packard Journal, 46 (1): 117–122, February 1995; see pp. 119–120
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Brown, Nell Porter (January–February 2002), "Bubbles and "Champagne": Julie Fouquet uncorks a new optical technology", Harvard Magazine
- ^ Fouquet, Julie (13 December 1978), "The illegitimate ACSR", The Harvard Crimson
- ^ Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa elections 1961–1981 (PDF), retrieved 2021-07-24
- ^ Jump up to: a b Alumni, Stanford Applied Physics, retrieved 2021-07-24
- ^ Fouquet, Julie Elizabeth (1986), Recombination Dynamics in Quantum Well Semiconductor Structures, Stanford University, ProQuest 303516784
- ^ Wallace, John (30 April 2000), "Optical crossconnects: Bubbles make for reliable switching", LaserFocusWorld, retrieved 2021-07-24
- ^ IEEE Fellows directory, IEEE, retrieved 2021-07-24
- ^ Shedding light on wave energy harvesting, Ocean Observatories Initiative, August 2020, retrieved 2021-07-24